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As a result of the power outage, Moore County Regional Hospital was forced to operate on generator power. The town of Southern Pines also had to resort to operating their sewer and water services on backup generators. Residents of the area were asked to stay off the roads if possible or proceed with caution due to the absence of traffic lights. [1]
That work was completed Wednesday morning, and power was restored to nearly every customer in the county by 5 p.m. Click here to read more of our coverage on the Moore County power outages.
In Moore County, North Carolina, about an hour south of Raleigh, tens of thousands of people are still without power and the person or persons who caused the outage is still on the loose.
The attack on two North Carolina substations that cut power to thousands of people has raised concerns about security standards for the country’s electric grid.
July 27—United States—A crew working on the replacement for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, severed a power cable and caused a blackout on the Outer Banks islands which affected more than 7,000 people during the peak of tourist season. [189] The outage lasted eight days. [190]
Power is expected to be restored by Thursday after a firearm attack on the power grid last weekend left more than 30,000 homes in a North Carolina county without electricity.
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of North Carolina, sorted by type and name. In 2022, North Carolina had a total summer capacity of 35,391 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 134,257 GWh. [ 2 ]
North Carolina power outage map Major North Carolina power outages. Outages greater than 80% as of 12:48 p.m. ET. Polk County: 100%. McDowell County: 100%. Ashe County: 100%. Henderson County: 99.8%.